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Originally posted by Zeke
OTOH, .05 might cut the stuff w/o any further work on the edge.
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If you can sqeeze it hard enough it should shear. I have made some simple round washers and shims using a hammer and short pipe of the right diameter. I even made some 5" dia rubber seals for a boat hull fitting this way. Just wacked the pipe harder with a sledge hammer and it sheared right through.
Spring steel coils are available in various sizes Mc C lists .002- 0.062 I would think you need some thickness to maintain wall strength and fixture the strip. If you had a die set to maintain a perpendicular orientation you could probably go very thin. The only issue I see is getting off axis and folding the blade. With a bit of width .050 it should be pretty solid and hard Rc 48-51 is typ